diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index 96f64d82e9f..cb0d18d54ff 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -632,6 +632,21 @@ export type Props = $ReadOnly<{|
    */
   onKeyPress?: ?(e: KeyPressEvent) => mixed,
 
+  /**
+   * DANGER: this API is not stable and will change in the future.
+   *
+   * Callback will be called on the main thread and may result in dropped frames.
+   *
+   * Callback that is called when a key is pressed.
+   * This will be called with `{ nativeEvent: { key: keyValue } }`
+   * where `keyValue` is `'Enter'` or `'Backspace'` for respective keys and
+   * the typed-in character otherwise including `' '` for space.
+   * Fires before `onChange` callbacks.
+   *
+   * Only available in Fabric on iOS.
+   */
+  unstable_onKeyPressSync?: ?(e: KeyPressEvent) => mixed,
+
   /**
    * Called when a touch is engaged.
    */
@@ -1184,6 +1199,7 @@ function InternalTextInput(props: Props): React.Node {
         focusable={focusable}
         mostRecentEventCount={mostRecentEventCount}
         onBlur={_onBlur}
+        onKeyPressSync={props.unstable_onKeyPressSync}
         onChange={_onChange}
         onContentSizeChange={props.onContentSizeChange}
         onFocus={_onFocus}
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputViewManager.m b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputViewManager.m
index 77d70d14c76..1deb6f6605e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputViewManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputViewManager.m
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(textContentType, NSString)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(passwordRules, NSString)
 
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onChange, RCTBubblingEventBlock)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onKeyPressSync, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onSelectionChange, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onTextInput, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onScroll, RCTDirectEventBlock)
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
index 7123913d9ed..95b0ccae315 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
@@ -323,16 +323,23 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
 - (NSString *)textInputShouldChangeText:(NSString *)text inRange:(NSRange)range
 {
+  auto const &props = *std::static_pointer_cast<TextInputProps const>(_props);
+
   if (!_backedTextInputView.textWasPasted) {
     if (_eventEmitter) {
       KeyPressMetrics keyPressMetrics;
       keyPressMetrics.text = RCTStringFromNSString(text);
       keyPressMetrics.eventCount = _mostRecentEventCount;
-      std::static_pointer_cast<TextInputEventEmitter const>(_eventEmitter)->onKeyPress(keyPressMetrics);
+
+      auto const &textInputEventEmitter = *std::static_pointer_cast<TextInputEventEmitter const>(_eventEmitter);
+      if (props.onKeyPressSync) {
+        textInputEventEmitter.onKeyPressSync(keyPressMetrics);
+      } else {
+        textInputEventEmitter.onKeyPress(keyPressMetrics);
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  auto const &props = *std::static_pointer_cast<TextInputProps const>(_props);
   if (props.maxLength) {
     NSInteger allowedLength = props.maxLength - _backedTextInputView.attributedText.string.length + range.length;
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
index 13efb53cb6c..92172e2db1a 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ void TextInputEventEmitter::onKeyPress(
       EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
 }
 
+void TextInputEventEmitter::onKeyPressSync(
+    KeyPressMetrics const &keyPressMetrics) const {
+  dispatchEvent(
+      "keyPressSync",
+      [keyPressMetrics](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+        return keyPressMetricsPayload(runtime, keyPressMetrics);
+      },
+      EventPriority::SynchronousBatched);
+}
+
 void TextInputEventEmitter::onScroll(
     TextInputMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const {
   dispatchTextInputEvent("scroll", textInputMetrics);
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.h
index 10510ae5c57..e241a2d0d1c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputEventEmitter.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class TextInputEventEmitter : public ViewEventEmitter {
   void onEndEditing(TextInputMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const;
   void onSubmitEditing(TextInputMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const;
   void onKeyPress(KeyPressMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const;
+  void onKeyPressSync(KeyPressMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const;
   void onScroll(TextInputMetrics const &textInputMetrics) const;
 
  private:
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.cpp
index 9e13cb97bb0..c51fde989ae 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ TextInputProps::TextInputProps(
           rawProps,
           "inputAccessoryViewID",
           sourceProps.inputAccessoryViewID,
+          {})),
+      onKeyPressSync(convertRawProp(
+          context,
+          rawProps,
+          "onKeyPressSync",
+          sourceProps.onKeyPressSync,
           {})){};
 
 TextAttributes TextInputProps::getEffectiveTextAttributes(
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.h
index 9fb44a4b2c1..c78f8b55c02 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/iostextinput/TextInputProps.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class TextInputProps final : public ViewProps, public BaseTextProps {
 
   std::string const inputAccessoryViewID{};
 
+  bool onKeyPressSync{false};
+
   /*
    * Accessors
    */